Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-05-10
CURRENT EVENTS.

I, vii, ,oI,a ri, ~ boston Wit
New York physician says he ba, FL.
many as , les living bacteria 10 a emil, 'a'uo q
meter Of Ice taken from the Hudson III. unt
oleomargarlne manufactures
Ing In large quantities OF the iuIce hs
ions aud garlic to meet the demana maj =. o. On
spring butter. :" fresh
One doctor In Newburg, Nv j..
over three hundred cases of rneas1o. '"euda
past six weeks. Some o. his natIon,. y 'he
over 20 years old. sete
At Austin, New, the other day. 49,.
took three fifty-pouud sacks Of fIou, !, squas
back, then ON top OF this placed he, ae
papoose, when she trottcd of as brIs. I.'i'hs
young colt. %a
J. f. Turner, former applicant Il. \,
office OF coal-oll inspector in Nashyills 'ne
has published card in which he charr. .ean'
Taylor with promising to accent a hs sss NOV
appointing him to the office he waptea * noh
charge is rot believed. me
Winter fingers tenaciously in unro. I
mont Ice-yachtlng on Lake Chamn,., 'e''
day or TWO ago, was as good as it had been ~
winter and was expecte to continue "a, -
'o"'. ""o'"e' mceh' oieighing Is reported
good yet In all the lake towns.
An inventor In Auburn, Ne. who non.
he has worked $50 days of ten hours ssos
the last two years, and very few of ~.
SUNDAYS, attributes his endurance larpsls y :,
the fact that he eats but one meal in to-. s f"
four hours, aud that very simple.
The Indians In the vicinity of R,oos,...
agency lived high during the winter. h,r,ss
skinned, cut up and dried the meat az n, ,,,s
cattle which have died. This spring they s sas
doing land office business in skinplno cs,,,s
for which they receive 70 cents per skin
The pet goat of Mrs. Cassidy, Of Rorbn-,
Mass, Is dead. His death was due to Tho f.o
that he couldn't resist the temptation 10 hi,
his mistress as she was bending over ths val,
drawing a bucket of water As soon "a AZ,
was ilshed out of the well she ordered hls ~
slant execution.
Mr. Nathc GIL, near Meriweather, Ga. ho.
ing troubled with rats filed caldrop with
water, on which he sprnklei a thick layer II
cotton-soed and bits of tempting bait Thu
next morning he had ffty-two drowned rat,
In the big pot, and the morning following that
there were forty-two more.
Four little girls In Lebanon, n. H., Joined
hands, some months ago, to aid the Orphans,
some at Franklin by saving their money and
holicitng contributions. The result is that
| they have thus far sent to the institution
| quilts, sheets, aprons, 4 pairs OF pillow
eases, 2 pairs of mittens, and 90 dolls
| Only twice before has the bishop of Connct-
cut held the seniority in the Episcopal house
of bishops. Bishop Seabury was senior bIshop
| from 1874 to l706, and Bishop Brownell from
| 1852 to 1865. When present senior blshop
Bishop Williams, was consecrated in 1851 there
were thrty-four bishops older than himself
Trade dollars are fast disappearing from thu
business circles of Wall street. The few tina,
are offered come chiefly from the country
| The theory is that when the coin was selling at
SIS cents many were melted and used for man
ufacturing purposes. The coin being 900 fine
and containing 420 grains il was cheaper thar
| bullion.
| Several years ago few deer were let loose
on the mountains east of Bennington, and
since that an effort has been made TO enforce
the law forbidding anyone to kill deer in YER
mont. The result is that already here and
there throughout the state deer are seen, and
| quite likely that the Green mountains may in
time be well stocked.
Brooklyn, with its estimated population OF
100000, is without a public library or an art
gallery. The citizens complain that the
wealthy men bestow their benefactlons upon
public institutions in other PLACES. Elk Con
gresham Chttenden has just given $4,000
| to Yale college, and George, |. Sency has made
present of $4,000 worth of pictures to the
| New York Museum Of Art.
On Easter Sunday evening, during the servi.
ces III the Evangelical church of Allentown
Pa, while the minister was in the midst OF
his sermon, an elderly lady walked up the
middle aisle and handed him four Easter eggs
then took a seat in the corner of one OF the
front pews, where she listened to the rest OF
the sermon with apparent interest, aud after
the service went home with the rest
The cricket club of Taftville, Conn, played
their first game Of the season the other day,
and during the game Rob .rt Greenwood, the
umpire, was struck by batted ball on the
side of the head. The accident was not
thought serious at the time, as he was able Ia
walk from the field home. The cricket club
was giving a concert in the evening when the
intelligence of his death was received. Ths
audience was dismissed.
Flats are no longer good paying property in
New York city, The reason assigned is TO-
much competition among the landlords anu
unreasonable demands on the part OF th'
tenants. A fiat tenant of to-day wants Goa
for the ranges and pretty much everything
but beefsteak Such people are careless IL
the treatment of apartments and quit 10
slight reasons. The landlords expenses arr
large and with increasing competition IL
doesn't enjoy owning flats.
The other day a Massachusetts church sent
to well known theological seminary Tor
student, specifying as their chief desire tha'
he should be Christian. A sister seminary
received about the same time communicative
from rural church running as follows: wv
don't want any young man; we want an OH
man or a married man. The yonns 'net
cause trouble to the fond mothers, filrt WIFE
the girls, and give US veal instead oil Deei'
japanese orange trees are thus spoken
in The 1'naVe (Cal.) Times in connection VII
the arrival of large consignment OF theh
"Ihe japanese orange tree is propagatcd
its native country in climate where the So
freezes in November and remains frozen UNI
February. The tree is not cas- ly affected
frost. 1t is scrubby, seldom reaching III
height of sixteen feet. The fruit in us III
wears is about two inches in diameter, but
time gets to be three inches in diameter,
seedless, thin skinned, sweet and brings
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